Stars On 45 – Carpenters Special

Posted in The Carpenters on December 28th, 2010 by H Bradley

Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was briefly very popular in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, and in the United States in the early 1980s. The group later shortened its name to Stars On in the U.S., while in the U.K. and Ireland it was known as Starsound. The band, which consisted solely of studio session musicians under the direction of Jaap Eggermont, formerly of Golden Earring, popularized the medley, by recreating hit songs as faithfully as possible and stringing them together, with a common tempo and relentless underlying drum track. The point was to provide a danceable disco record which used familiar tunes—a technique that was also used in the Hooked On series of recordings released by RCA Records and K-Tel Records.

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Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are

Posted in Bruno Mars on December 27th, 2010 by H Bradley

“Just the Way You Are” is a song by American recording artist Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It was released in the United States on July 20, 2010. It has also received airplay from AOL Radio’s New Pop First station. The song was written by The Smeezingtons, Khalil Walton, and Needlz and produced by The Smeezingtons, and Needlz. The music video, directed by Ethan Lader,was released on September 8, 2010 and features actress Nathalie Kelley. The track has been added to Radio 1 A Playlist in the United Kingdom, and was released in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010 as “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)”. The official remix features rapper Lupe Fiasco and is included on the deluxe edition of Doo-Wops & Hooligans. The song earned Mars a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

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Angie Brown – I Say A little Prayer

Posted in Angie Brown on December 23rd, 2010 by H Bradley

Angie Brown combines powerful, smooth and sultry in an irresistible vocal on ‘I Say A Little Prayer’ and, with BOTH Almighty and Klubkidz bringing in the modern beats to this classic track, ‘I Say A Little Prayer’ is still as catchy today as when it was originally written for Dionne Warwick in 1967!

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Martin Solveig & Dragonette – Hello

Posted in Martin Solveig on December 21st, 2010 by H Bradley

“Hello” is a song performed by French electronic music DJ and producer Martin Solveig featuring Canadian electropop group Dragonette.

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Enrique Iglesias – Hero

Posted in Enrique Iglesias on December 20th, 2010 by H Bradley

“Hero” is a single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second English album Escape and was written for his good friend Simon Baxendale, by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor. Enrique first released the song to radio in early September 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception. After the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, the song was one of the few songs chosen by radio DJs in New York to be remixed with audio from police, firefighters, civilians at Ground Zero and politicians commenting on the attacks. He was asked to sing the song live at the benefit concert America: A Tribute to Heroes ten days after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Iglesias broadcast his performance from a warehouse in New York alongside Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and Sheryl Crow. The location of the warehouse was kept secret in case of further attacks. It was Iglesias’ first televised performance of the song. He had performed the song earlier at that year’s Miss Venezuela but due to the terrorist attacks the show was not aired on television.

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Wham – Freedom

Posted in George Michael on December 19th, 2010 by H Bradley

“Freedom” is a song by British pop duo Wham! in 1984, becoming the group’s second UK #1 hit. It was written by George Michael, one half of the duo.

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I Just Wanna Survive Fucking Barbra Streisand (DJSpook Edit)

Posted in Duck Sauce, Gloria Gaynor, Jsto on December 18th, 2010 by H Bradley

Well what can I say, I always get asked to put some songs together and play around to come up with a medley or mashup. So once I was asked to work with:

Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
Alison Jear – I Just Wanna Fucking Dance
And
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand

These are 3 very iconic songs in gay clubs up and down this country but after many years of hearing the same versions, sometime the music needs to be tweaked and remixed for a new fresh sound . Also these mash-ups can also give the DJ in question a rest, or break as it can be hard work and a long night without any breaks. So I like to make extended mash-ups using club remixes (instead of radio mixes)  and with so many remixes to play with the scope to make a wicked tune is endless . Using these 3 tunes I have made a wicked extended mash-up fit for any club the official track-list is as follows:

Track-Listing

Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand (Extended Mix)
Feat Sample Alison Jear – I Just Wanna Fucking Dance (Wayne G Mix)
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive (Acapella Club Up Mix)
Alison Jear – I Just Wanna Fucking Dance (Wayne G Mix)

If anybody wants anything like this done, or has any ideas then please email me h.bradley@djspook.com

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Mary J Blige & WiFi – Be Without You

Posted in Mary J Blige on December 18th, 2010 by H Bradley

“Be Without You” is an R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox, and Jason Perry for Blige’s seventh studio album The Breakthrough. It was released as the album’s lead single in late 2005. It was produced by Cox and released as the album’s first official single. The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year and won the Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance categories at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards and was the most played song on radio in the year 2006. The single was certified double platinum by the RIAA in 2007. With 15 weeks at #1, and a 75 week span on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it is the most successful R&B song in the 50 year history of that chart.

Bonus

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DJSpook Presents – Megamix Heaven

Posted in Abbacadabra, Bananarama, Corona, Lady Ga Ga, M People, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton John, Queen, Robyn, Steps, The Saturdays, Vengaboys, Whitney Houston on December 17th, 2010 by H Bradley

I have a big collection mega-mixes from lots of different artists, all just sitting gathering dust. Some are classics and I still love playing them and some I never played before and never will but its always good to hear a mega-mix of songs from your favourite artist so I hope I have posted yours here.



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Kaci – I Think I Love You

Posted in Almighty, Kaci on December 17th, 2010 by H Bradley

American pop singer Kaci released her version as a single in 2002, hitting number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

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